1915–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1915–16 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Lancs & Midland	13th & 5th
Top goalscorer	Fred Heap (10)

The 1915–16 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 9th in existence. With the outbreak of World War I, the football league and FA Cup were suspended, and a wartime football league was set up. Rochdale competed in the Lancashire section and finished 13th, as well as the Midland Section Northern Division, finishing 5th.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League Lancs/Midland Section
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	John Swann	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Barton	29	0	29	0
	DF		Alfred Caldwell	27	0	27	0
	MF		W.S. Anderson	2	0	2	0
	DF		C. Lee	3	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Yarwood	34	0	34	0
	MF	ENG	Archibald Rawlings	27	6	27	6
	MF		T. Southworth	4	0	4	0
	MF		A. Walker	23	5	23	5
	FW	ENG	Ernest Hawksworth	25	7	25	7
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	36	7	36	7
	GK	ENG	Billy Biggar	10	0	10	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	27	0	27	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Swift	11	3	11	3
	DF	SCO	Robert Neave	1	1	1	1
	DF	ENG	George Kay	27	3	27	3
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Kenyon	3	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	James Brannick	17	4	17	4
	DF	AUS	John Cuffe	5	0	5	0
	MF		H. Holt	5	1	5	1
	GK	ENG	Joe Butler	3	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Fred Heap	23	10	23	10
	GK	ENG	Arthur Causer	20	0	20	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	5	0	5	0
	MF	ENG	Samuel Challinor	5	0	5	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Page	1	1	1	1
	MF	ENG	Albert Barnett	3	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Wally Smith	1	1	1	1
	FW		William Brown	2	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Sandy Turnbull	1	0	1	0
	DF		Billy Brown	1	0	1	0
	MF		P. Pickup	2	0	2	0

Competitions

Football League - Lancashire Section

4 September 1915 (1915-09-04) 1	Burnley	6–1	Rochdale	Burnley
			A. Smith	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 3000

11 September 1915 (1915-09-11) 2	Rochdale	1–0	Southport Central	Rochdale
	Neave			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

18 September 1915 (1915-09-18) 3	Preston North End	1–2	Rochdale	Preston
			Walker A. Smith	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 1600

25 September 1915 (1915-09-25) 4	Rochdale	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

2 October 1915 (1915-10-02) 5	Stockport County	2–0	Rochdale	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2500

9 October 1915 (1915-10-09) 6	Rochdale	1–2	Everton	Rochdale
	A. Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

16 October 1915 (1915-10-16) 7	Liverpool	2–2	Rochdale	Liverpool
			A. Smith Kay	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 12000

23 October 1915 (1915-10-23) 8	Rochdale	2–4	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	A. Smith (pen.) Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

30 October 1915 (1915-10-30) 9	Bury	3–1	Rochdale	Bury
			Hawksworth	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4000

6 November 1915 (1915-11-06) 10	Rochdale	0–2	Manchester City	Rochdale
			Barnes	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

13 November 1915 (1915-11-13) 11	Manchester United	2–0	Rochdale	Manchester
	A. Davies Gipps			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 4000

20 November 1915 (1915-11-20) 12	Stoke	1–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Whittingham		Brannick	Stadium: Victoria Ground

27 November 1915 (1915-11-27) 13	Rochdale	2–3	Blackpool	Rochdale
	A. Smith (pen.) Holt			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

4 December 1915 (1915-12-04) 14	Rochdale	1–0	Burnley	Rochdale
	Heap			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

11 December 1915 (1915-12-11) 15	Southport Central	2–2	Rochdale	Southport
			Hawksworth Heap	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1000

18 December 1915 (1915-12-18) 16	Rochdale	2–4	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Brannick			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

25 December 1915 (1915-12-25) 17	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Rochdale	Oldham
			Walker Heap Brannick	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4062

1 January 1916 (1916-01-01) 18	Rochdale	0–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

8 January 1916 (1916-01-08) 19	Everton	3–2	Rochdale	Liverpool
			A. Smith Heap	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 6000

15 January 1916 (1916-01-15) 20	Rochdale	3–1	Liverpool	Rochdale
	Hawksworth Heap			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

22 January 1916 (1916-01-22) 21	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Rochdale	Bolton
				Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 3000

29 January 1916 (1916-01-29) 22	Rochdale	2–1	Bury	Rochdale
	Rawlings Walker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

5 February 1916 (1916-02-05) 23	Manchester City	4–1	Rochdale	Manchester
	P. Fairclough Barnes Cartwright		Heap	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 8000

12 February 1916 (1916-02-12) 24	Rochdale	2–2	Manchester United	Rochdale
	Swift		Halligan Woodcock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

19 February 1916 (1916-02-19) 25	Stoke City	1–3	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Whittingham		Page Swift Hawksworth	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 3000

26 February 1916 (1916-02-26) 26	Blackpool	4–0	Rochdale	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4000

Football League - Midland Section - Northern Division

4 March 1916 (1916-03-04) 27	Rochdale	0–1	Leeds City	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

11 March 1916 (1916-03-11) 28	Bradford	5–0	Rochdale	?
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 500
Note: Unknown if Bradford City or Bradford Park Avenue

18 March 1916 (1916-03-18) 29	Bradford	3–4	Rochdale	?
			Rawlings Walker Heap W. Smith	Stadium: ? Attendance: 3000
Note: Unknown if Bradford City or Bradford Park Avenue

25 March 1916 (1916-03-25) 30	Barnsley	0–1	Rochdale	Barnsley
			Heap	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2000

1 April 1916 (1916-04-01) 31	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Rochdale	Huddersfield
	Layton Connor		Hawksworth	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 4000

8 April 1916 (1916-04-08) 32	Leeds City	3–1	Rochdale	Leeds
			Walker	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 2000

15 April 1916 (1916-04-15) 33	Rochdale	3–0	Bradford	Rochdale
	Rawlings Kay			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000
Note: Unknown if Bradford City or Bradford Park Avenue

21 April 1916 (1916-04-21) 34	Rochdale	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Rochdale
	Kay		Holley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

22 April 1916 (1916-04-22) 35	Bradford	5–2	Rochdale	?
			Heap Rawlings	Stadium: ? Attendance: 3000
Note: Unknown if Bradford City or Bradford Park Avenue

29 April 1916 (1916-04-29) 36	Rochdale	2–1	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Heap Rawlings			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2800

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References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[Phillipps-1] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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